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Billions & Billions Thoughts on Life and Death at the Brink of the Millennium

Name: Billions & Billions
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Author: Carl Sagan

Auteur: Carl Sagan

Taal: Engels

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Auteur: Carl Sagan

Engels
Paperback
9780345379184
12 mei 1998
296 pagina's

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Carl Sagan

"Carl Edward Sagan (/ˈseɪɡən/; November 9, 1934 – December 20, 1996) was an American astronomer, cosmologist, astrophysicist, astrobiologist, author, science popularizer, and science communicator in astronomy and other natural sciences. He is best known for his work as a science popularizer and communicator. His best known scientific contribution is research on extraterrestrial life, including experimental demonstration of the production of amino acids from basic chemicals by radiation. Sagan assembled the first physical messages sent into space: the Pioneer plaque and the Voyager Golden Record, universal messages that could potentially be understood by any extraterrestrial intelligence that might find them. Sagan argued the now accepted hypothesis that the high surface temperatures of Venus can be attributed to and calculated using the greenhouse effect.

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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER In the final book of his astonishing career, Carl Sagan brilliantly examines the burning questions of our lives, our world, and the universe around us.

These luminous, entertaining essays travel both the vastness of the cosmos and the intimacy of the human mind, posing such fascinating questions as how did the universe originate and how will it end, and how can we meld science and compassion to meet the challenges of the coming century? Here, too, is a rare, private glimpse of Sagans thoughts about love, death, and God as he struggled with fatal disease.

Ever forward-looking and vibrant with the sparkle of his unquenchable curiosity, Billions & Billions is a testament to one of the great scientific minds of our day.

Praise for Billions & Billions

[Sagans] writing brims with optimism, clarity and compassion.Ft. Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel

Sagan used the spotlight of his fame to illuminate the abyss into which stupidity, greed, and the lust for power may yet dump us. All of those interests and causes are handsomely represented in Billions & Billions.The Washington Post Book World

Astronomer Carl Sagan didnt live to see the millennium, but he probably has done more than any other popular scientist to prepare us for its arrival.Atlanta Journal & Constitution

Billions & Billions can be interpreted as the Silent Spring for the current generation. . . . Human history includes a number of leaders with great minds who gave us theories about our universe and origins that ran contrary to religious dogma. Galileo determined that the Earth revolved around the Sun, not the other way around. Darwin challenged Creationism with his Evolution of Species. And now, Sagan has given the world its latest challenge: Billions & Billions.San Antonio Express-News

[Sagans] inspiration and boundless curiosity live on in the gift of his work.Seattle Times & Post-Intelligencer

Couldnt stay awake in your high school science classes? This book can help fill in the holes. Acclaimed scientist Carl Sagan combines his logic and knowledge with wit and humor to make a potentially dry subject enjoyable to read.The Dallas Morning News

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Taal: en
Bindwijze: Paperback
Oorspronkelijke releasedatum: 12 mei 1998
Aantal pagina's: 296
Illustraties: Nee

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Hoofdauteur: Carl Sagan
Hoofduitgeverij: Ballantine Books

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Product breedte: 146 mm
Product hoogte: 32 mm
Product lengte: 222 mm
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Verpakking breedte: 135 mm
Verpakking hoogte: 24 mm
Verpakking lengte: 201 mm
Verpakkingsgewicht: 542 g

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